Student Corner: Albert M. Balesh

A native of Chicago, Balesh holds a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Rome School of Medicine.

He was a general surgeon in Rome who specialized in diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract and he lived in Italy for 20 years.

After returning to the United States, he directed a diabetes clinic and prenatal health facility in a community health center in El Paso while teaching basic, intermediate and advanced Italian language courses at the University of Texas – El Paso.

He then decided to pursue a career as a physician assistant. At age 60, he is currently a second-year physician assistant student at BCM and hopes to practice community medicine in an underserved area of Texas or an indigent community on the U.S.-Mexico border.